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Leonid Kharitonov

1933 - 2017

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Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov (Russian: Леонид Михайлович Харитонов; 18 September 1933 – 19 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone (баритональный бас) singer. He was honored with People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored Artist of RSFSR. In the West he was noted for his 1965 video of The Song of the Volga Boatmen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Kharitonov is the 1,211th most popular singer (up from 1,334th in 2019), the 1,640th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,823rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Russian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Leonid Kharitonov ranks 1,211 out of 4,381Before him are Damo Suzuki, Tony Renis, Jahn Teigen, Dr. John, Johnny Tillotson, and Miguel Fleta. After him are Chabuca Granda, Raquel Meller, Tina Weymouth, Jerome Flynn, Isabel Pantoja, and Lian Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Leonid Kharitonov ranks 334Before him are Lou Rawls, Vladimir Melanin, Nicholas Pileggi, Juzo Itami, Diane Disney Miller, and Muhamed Mujić. After him are Dumitru Pârvulescu, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Jimmy Murray, Mark Zakharov, Jimmy T. Murakami, and Tete Montoliu. Among people deceased in 2017, Leonid Kharitonov ranks 336Before him are Jaki Liebezeit, Kito Lorenc, Timo Mäkinen, Nicky Hayden, Abdur Rahman Biswas, and Jaak Panksepp. After him are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Roberto Ferreiro, Om Puri, John Abercrombie, Wu Wenjun, and Robert Guillaume.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Kharitonov ranks 1,640 out of 3,761Before him are Viktor Savinykh (1940), Vladimir Solovyov (1946), Ivan Kireyevsky (1806), Yuriy Voynov (1931), Alexander Mikulin (1895), and Georg Schnéevoigt (1872). After him are Aulis Sallinen (1935), Eugene Dynkin (1924), Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), Zainab Biisheva (1908), Mikhail Zharov (1899), and Marfa Apraksina (1664).

Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Leonid Kharitonov ranks 23Before him are Julia Volkova (1985), Lena Katina (1984), Irina Allegrova (1952), Nikolai Slichenko (1934), Larin Paraske (1832), and Helene Fischer (1984). After him are Yuri Shevchuk (1957), Grigory Leps (1962), Dima Bilan (1981), Irina Arkhipova (1925), Sergei Lemeshev (1902), and Yevgeny Nesterenko (1938).